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NL2016180B1
NL2016180B1 NL2016180A NL2016180A NL2016180B1 NL 2016180 B1 NL2016180 B1 NL 2016180B1 NL 2016180 A NL2016180 A NL 2016180A NL 2016180 A NL2016180 A NL 2016180A NL 2016180 B1 NL2016180 B1 NL 2016180B1
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Abstract

Method for operating a bicycle trainer, and such a bicycle trainer comprising a stand with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, or such a bicycle trainer comprising a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and ro- tatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting, wherein the predetermined setting is variable and wherein said setting depends on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road.

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Bicycle trainer and method of its operation
The invention relates to a bicycle trainer comprising a stand with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, or comprising a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting. The invention also relates to a method to operate such a bicycle trainer.
The preamble reflects both a so-called home trainer which is an integrated device with a seat, handlebars and pedals, as well as a bicycle trainer frame which is equipped to receive a bicycle with or without its wheels, and wherein the bicycle has a seat, handlebars and pedals. The instant invention applies to both types of trainers.
Both NL-A-2001323 and NL-A-1019154 in the name of the applicant disclose the second type of bicycle trainer that receives a frame of a bicycle or a complete bicycle. In the known bicycle trainer the braking resistance depends on a virtual path that the cyclist passes, so that the resistance can be said to be time dependent although it merely corresponds with variations relating to an upward or downward inclination of the virtual path of the cyclist.
From http;//www .cyciu^2_. com/en/1rack-s imu 1 ation. htm it is known to control several factors to improve the real-life experience of a training exercise by calculating and setting the braking resistance during an indoor training as how they appear in a real scenario, depending on: •air resistance •downhill force •rolling friction.
The calculation, which is directly bearing on the brake torque for the setting of the load for the athlete, is carried out in real time and in dependence of the cycler's velocity (to reflect air resistance), weight and material.
With the invention it is aimed to further improve the real-life experience with the bicycle trainer of the preamble and with its method of operation.
For that purpose the method of operating the bicycle trainer as well as the bicycle trainer of the invention are embodied with the features of one or more of the appended claims .
Generally speaking the bicycle trainer of the invention has the feature that the predetermined setting is variable and depends on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road. The proposal to make the braking resistance to depend on a simulated surface condition of a virtual road is ground-breaking and an entirely novel approach for indoor bicycle training devices. Different cycle courses can thus be simulated, to note when it concerns the simulation of a brick road it is appropriate that the predetermined setting is time variable with variations predominantly of a fixed frequency. If on the other hand the simulated road involves cobblestones it is appropriate that the predetermined setting is time variable with variations containing a mixture of fixed frequencies. The various road conditions can thus generally speaking preferably be simulated by providing that the predetermined setting is time variable with variations within a predetermined frequency band.
Also other fields of endeavour can be simulated with the bicycle trainer of the invention. Although it is known from the prior art to provide that the predetermined setting is speed dependent, wherein the speed reflects a simulated forward speed of a user that drives the pedals, the invention now provides that the said setting of the braking resistance inversely correlates with said forward speed. This is an elegant manner to simulate cycling in a sandy or muddy terrain wherein cycling gets harder with diminishing speed.
When the aim is to simulate cycling on a snowy or icy road it is best to provide that the predetermined setting is depending on a force applied to the pedals, wherein the braking resistance is inversely correlated to said force. When too much force is applied to the pedals the braking resistance suddenly drops down to a very low level which actually happens when cycling in a snowy or icy terrain.
The invention will hereinafter be further elucidated with reference to the drawing of two exemplary embodiments of the setting of a braking resistance of a bicycle trainer according to the invention that is not limiting as to the appended claims.
In the drawing: -figure 1 shows a bicycle trainer for use according to the invention; -figure 2 shows an example of a cobblestone road; -figure 3 shows the development over time of the setting of a braking resistance for simulating a cobblestone road as shown in figure 2; and -figure 4 shows the development over time of the setting of a braking resistance for simulating a regular brick road.
The applicant remarks that in principle it is unnecessary to show with reference to a drawing the construction of a bicycle trainer that according to the preamble comprises a stand with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, or that comprises a stand for mounting a bicycle frame with a seat, handlebars and rotatable pedals, wherein the stand incorporates an electronically variable brake acting directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals with a braking resistance that depends on a computer-controlled predetermined setting. These types of bicycle trainers are well known from day to day life, as well as from prior art documents such as NL-A-2001323 and NL-A-1019154. To avoid however any doubt on the sufficiency of disclosure of the instant invention reference is nevertheless made to figure 1 to show a bicycle trainer in accordance with NL-A-1019154, which can be arranged as discussed hereinafter with the features of the invention.
Figure 1 shows an example of a bicycle trainer 1 of the type comprising a stand 2 which can receive a bicycle 3. The stand 2 is provided with a braking organ 4 which provides a braking resistance to a back wheel 5 of the bicycle 3. Since the bicycle's pedals 12 are connected with said back wheel 5 through a bicycle chain, the pedals 12 also experience the braking resistance as set by the braking organ 4.
The shown bicycle trainer 1 further has a computer 6 which is provided with a visual display unit 7 to show the user of the bicycle trainer 1 a simulated trajectory of a road on which the user virtually cycles. The earlier mentioned braking organ 4 thereby receives signals from the computer 6 for setting the braking resistance of the braking organ 4. A further feature that is shown in the figure which is however not essential to the invention, is a rotational sensor 8 linked to the front wheel fork 9 of the bicycle 3. This rotational sensor 8 can be linked to the computer 6 to register steering movements with the handlebars 10 of the bicycle 1. Further the figure shows a nonessential sensor 11 which is arranged to detect each passing of a pedal 12, which can be used to measure the user's cadence during his exercise on the pedals of the bicycle.
Preferably further the braking organ 4 is built together with a sensor for measuring the rotational speed of the driven back wheel 5 of the bicycle 3, and the computer 6 is in a particular embodiment arranged to use this rotational speed of the back wheel 5 for the setting of the braking resistance as explained hereinafter.
The following discussion concentrates on the contribution that the invention provides to the prior art, which is elucidated by reference to two non-limiting examples. Both examples as reflected by figure 3 and figure 4 show that the invention provides a predetermined setting of the braking resistance which is variable and made dependent on selected parameters to reflect a simulated surface condition of a road.
In figure 3 it is shown that amplitude and frequency of the setting of the braking resistance is used to simulate a cobblestone road, an example of which is shown in figure 2.
For that purpose of simulating the cobblestone road of figure 2, the predetermined setting of the braking resistance is shown in figure 3 to be time variable with variations containing a mixture of several fixed frequencies.
In figure 4 another example is shown that relates to the predetermined setting of the braking resistance as being time variable with variations predominantly of a fixed frequency, which better reflects the conditions of a normal brick road.
Numerous other variations in the predetermined setting of the braking resistance of the bicycle trainer 1 are feasible to simulate other road conditions or road materials, to note without intent to exhaust the possible variations: a setting of the braking resistance that inversely correlates with a simulated forward speed of a user of the bicycle trainer 1, so as to simulate cycling in a sandy or muddy terrain wherein cycling gets harder with lower speeds. Another option may be to simulate cycling on a snowy or icy road by providing that the predetermined setting is depending on a force applied to the pedals 12, and wherein the braking resistance is inversely correlated to said force so as to reflect that said resistance braks down when too much force is applied to the pedals 12.
Although the invention has been discussed in the foregoing with reference to an exemplary embodiments relating to the bicycle trainer of the invention, the invention is not restricted to these particular embodiments which can be varied in many ways without departing from the invention. The discussed exemplary embodiments shall therefore not be used to construe the appended claims strictly in accordance therewith. On the contrary the embodiments are merely intended to explain the wording of the appended claims without intent to limit the claims to these exemplary embodiments. The scope of protection of the invention shall therefore be construed in accordance with the appended claims only, wherein a possible ambiguity in the wording of the claims shall be resolved using these exemplary embodiments.

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1. Fietstrainer (1) omvattende een opstelling met een zitting, handvaten en roteerbare pedalen, of omvattende een opstelling (2) voor het monteren van een fietsframe (3) met een zitting, handvaten (10) en roteerbare pedalen (12), waarbij de opstelling (2) een elektronisch regelbare rem (4) omvat die direct of indirect werkzaam is op de roteerbare pedalen (12) met een remweerstand die afhankelijk is van een computer-geregelde vooraf bepaalde instelling, met het kenmerk, dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling variabel is en afhankelijk is van geselecteerde parameters teneinde een gesimuleerde wegopper-vlakteconditie (fig. 2) te representeren.A bicycle trainer (1) comprising an arrangement with a seat, handles and rotatable pedals, or comprising an arrangement (2) for mounting a bicycle frame (3) with a seat, handles (10) and rotatable pedals (12), wherein the arrangement (2) comprises an electronically adjustable brake (4) which acts directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals (12) with a brake resistor that is dependent on a computer-controlled predetermined setting, characterized in that the predetermined setting is variable and dependent on selected parameters to represent a simulated road surface condition (Fig. 2). 2. Fietstrainer volgens conclusie 1, met het kenmerk, dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling tijdsafhankelijk is met variaties binnen een vooraf bepaalde frequentieband (fig. 3, 4).2. Bicycle trainer as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined setting is time-dependent with variations within a predetermined frequency band (fig. 3, 4). 3. Fietstrainer volgens conclusie 1 of 2, met het kenmerk, dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling tijdsafhankelijk is met variaties die in hoofdzaak een vaste frequentie betreffen (fig- 4).3. Bicycle trainer as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the predetermined setting is time-dependent with variations that mainly concern a fixed frequency (Fig. 4). 4. Fietstrainer volgens conclusie 1 of 2, met het kenmerk, dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling tijdsafhankelijk is met variaties die een samenstelling van vaste frequenties omvatten (fig, 3) .4. Bicycle trainer as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the predetermined setting is time-dependent with variations comprising a composition of fixed frequencies (Fig. 3). 5. Fietstrainer volgens conclusie 1, waarbij de vooraf bepaalde instelling snelheidsafhankelijk is, en waarbij de snelheid een gesimuleerde voorwaartse snelheid reflecteert van een gebruiker die de pedalen aandrijft, met het kenmerk, dat de genoemde instelling van de remweerstand invers gecorreleerd is met genoemde voorwaartse snelheid.The bicycle trainer according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined setting is speed dependent, and wherein the speed reflects a simulated forward speed of a user driving the pedals, characterized in that said braking resistor setting is inversely correlated with said forward speed . 6. Fietstrainer volgens conclusie 1, met het kenmerk, dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling afhankelijk is van een kracht die op de pedalen (12) wordt uitgeoefend, waarbij de remweerstand invers gecorreleerd is met genoemde kracht.A bicycle trainer according to claim 1, characterized in that the predetermined setting depends on a force exerted on the pedals (12), the braking resistance being inversely correlated with said force. 7. Werkwijze voor het werken op een fietstrainer omvattende een opstelling met een zitting, handvaten en roteerbare pedalen, of voor het werken op een fietstrainer (1) omvattende een opstelling (2) voor het monteren van een fietsframe (3) met een zitting, handvaten (10) en roteerbare pedalen (12), waarbij de opstelling (2) een elektronisch vari- abele rem (4) omvat die direct of indirect werkzaam is op de roteerbare pedalen (12) met een remweerstand die afhankelijk is van een computer-geregelde vooraf bepaalde instelling, gekenmerkt door erin te voorzien dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling variabel is en erin te voorzien dat genoemde instelling afhankelijk is van geselecteerde parameters die een gesimuleerde wegoppervlakteconditie representeren (fig. 2).A method for working on a bicycle trainer comprising an arrangement with a seat, handles and rotatable pedals, or for working on a bicycle trainer (1) comprising an arrangement (2) for mounting a bicycle frame (3) with a seat, handles (10) and rotatable pedals (12), the arrangement (2) comprising an electronically variable brake (4) that acts directly or indirectly on the rotatable pedals (12) with a braking resistor dependent on a computer controlled predetermined setting, characterized by providing that the predetermined setting is variable and providing that said setting is dependent on selected parameters representing a simulated road surface condition (Fig. 2). 8. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 7, gekenmerkt door erin te voorzien dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling tijdsafhankelijk is met variaties binnen een vooraf bepaalde frequentieband (fig. 3, 4) .Method according to claim 7, characterized in that the predetermined setting is time-dependent with variations within a predetermined frequency band (Figs. 3, 4). 9. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 7 of 8, gekenmerkt door erin te voorzien dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling tijdsafhankelijk is met variaties die in hoofdzaak een gefixeerde frequentie betreffen {fig. 4).9. Method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the predetermined setting is time-dependent with variations that mainly concern a fixed frequency {fig. 4). 10. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 7 of 8, gekenmerkt door erin te voorzien dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling tijdsafhankelijk is met variaties die een mengsel van gefixeerde frequenties (fig. 3) omvatten.Method according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the predetermined setting is time-dependent with variations comprising a mixture of fixed frequencies (Fig. 3). 11. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 7, waarbij de vooraf bepaalde instelling snelheidsafhankelijk is, en waarbij de snelheid een gesimuleerde voorwaartse snelheid van een gebruiker die de pedalen aandrijft reflecteert, gekenmerkt door erin te voorzien dat de genoemde instelling van de remweerstand invers gecorreleerd is met genoemde voorwaartse snelheid.The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined setting is speed dependent, and wherein the speed reflects a simulated forward speed of a user driving the pedals, characterized by providing that said braking resistor setting is inversely correlated with said forward speed. 12. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 7, gekenmerkt door erin te voorzien dat de vooraf bepaalde instelling afhankelijk is van een kracht die uitgeoefend wordt op de pedalen, en erin te voorzien dat de remweerstand invers gecorreleerd is met genoemde kracht.A method according to claim 7, characterized in that the predetermined setting is dependent on a force applied to the pedals, and in that the braking resistance is inversely correlated with said force.
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